At least nine people died and many more were feared dead after an overloaded boat capsized on a remote stretch of river in Congo, Reuters cited a local official as saying today. "Nine bodies have been buried and about 40 people have been rescued," Albert Beya, head of the local river authority, said. The accident, which took place 90 km (55 miles) south of the town of Tshikapa, near Democratic Republic of Congo's southern border with Angola, followed a similar incident that left at least 14 dead elsewhere in Congo earlier this month. Beya said the accident occurred on Monday morning and there were still many missing, although he could not give details on numbers as none of the crew members had been found. Overloading and rough weather on the river were the likely causes of the accident, he added.
